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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26

Two Parisians are introducing
an entirely new vegetable which
is exciting considerable interest,
1t ia called choro gi, and is a ma
tive of Northern Africa. 1t be-
longs to the mint family (botani-
cal name (Stachys aGnis). Its fleshy
roots or tubers are only eaten, dress
ed like string beans or fried like
fritters, and are said to make an ex'
cellent pickle.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26

The celebrated DR., Tanner. who
made quite stir several years
ago, by pre- longed fast of forty
days, III recent letter, lays down
the oroad proposition that nine
tenths of all the crime and disease
in the world is due 10 the human
stomach. Keep the stomach unde-
filed with meat, especially free from
the flesh of swine, and there is
nope that man may live up to
his highest aspirations.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26

In January and February, 1880,
the cold was so intense that the
harbor of New York was 80 strong
ly bridgea with ice that the Brit
ish dragged canon over it from
New York to Staten Island. The
garrison and inhabitants, cut of
from their usual supplies by wa.
ter, experienced great scarcity of
fuel and fresh provisions.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26

Minneapolis mills can make
over $4,000 barrels of -four day.
Kept running all the time, they
would furnish bread for one-fourth
Of the people Of the United States.
Chicago Tribune.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26

One Australian farmer has shot,
trapped and poisoned $4,000 rab-
bits in the last year, and yet the
pests are so numerous and destruc-
tive that he has had to give up
nearly all his land.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26

The American Agriculturist re-
marks: No animsl does as we'll
ls it. should, that is not comfortable
study the comfort of all kind. of
stock Regular feeding, whole
some feed, pure water and comfor-
cable LARS are essential.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26

Half a century ago in Turkey it
was considered shame for a wo-
man to read. To-day two schools
for girls in Constantlnople have
been established by the Sultan
himself.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26

The yield of wheat this year on
the sagebrush lands of Nevada,
that were considered worthless for
agriculture, has averaged fifteen
bushels to the acre.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26
FACT AND FUN.
Picked Up for the Freeman.

and then painted four coats and
vanished, mothers would still have
cause to wonder how on earth that
boy got his feet sopping wet.
An article is going the rounds
treating on the best method of
putting away potatoes. A fami-
ly of about eight, including three
boys and three girls, can put away
potatoes about as successfully as is
necessary.
Curiously enough when autumn
comes, the result is autumn leaves.
The lions share of anything is
usually the name portion of it
Merchant Traveller.
When Captain Cook first visit
ed Tahiti, the natives were using
nails of wood, bone, shell and stone
When they first saw iron nails,
they fancied them to be shoots of
some very hard wood, and desir-
Gus of securing such a valuable
commodity, they planted them IN
their gardens.
A New York physician says, "it
is dangerous to 60 into the water
after a hearty meal" And we
presume if be did go in after one
he wouldn't find it. s& z
A single sheet of paper seventy
two inches wide and seven and
three-quarter miles long has been
made without break, in a paper
mill at Watsrtown, N. Y. The
sheet weighed 2,207 p ounds.
A down town druggist has par
rot that he has taught to say:
"What pretty grip whenever
woman, young or old, enters his
store; and they say that a poor
weak man can hardly get into the
store to buy a cigar on a fine af-
ternoon.-Philadelphia Call.
A little Danbury girl, when
asked oy her mother about suspi-
cious little bites in the sides of a
dozen choice apples, answered:
perhaps, mamma, they may have
been frost bitten, tt was 80 cold last
night. "-Danbury.
MRS. MULvANEY.--"Arrah, Jane
sy, phuy do yez put two thermon-
eyturs forninst the store ?"
SHAUNEssY. -"Be gobs, Missus
Mulvaney, wan az them is to tell
how hot it is, an the other is to
tell how cowld it is."-The Ram
bier.
English milliners are said to
have discovered a way of making
bonnets of tissue paper, SO that the
bonnet itself will not cost over ten
cents, the remaining twenty dol
lars going for trimming, as usu al
Omaha World.
The atmosphere of the sun is
laden with the vapors of iron, cop
per, zinc, sodium, magnesium, and
like elements, and its clouds are
mighty volumes of molten metal.
The Government chemist of
New Zealand is reported to have
proven that the dust of the recent
volcano eruption is of great value
as a fertilizer.
Camille Flammarion declares
that as soon as the powerful Lick
glass shall be turned upon Mars
there will be discovered clear evi.
dences as to animal life or that
planet.
The statement is made on the
authority of the State Teachers
Association of Massachusetts, that
there are SO 900 illiterates in that
commonwealth. That is TO say,
one in every twenty of the citizens
can neither read nor write.
A cat, not liking the new home
at Greenfield, N. C, to which she
had been removed, took her six
kittens and walked with them
back to her former home at Mil
ton, a distance of sixteen miles.
Solar tornadoes rage over thou
sands of millions of square miles !;
and travel, sometimes, more than
hundred miles in every second
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26
General Call for LOCO Freeman Recruits

subscribers and FREEMAN the
the awful OF the Internal Liquor Traffic that earfuy de-
vastating homes and destroying people.
Friends have increase the FREEMAN lists least
February See ubscr this proposition of 9
last FREEMAN.
Now won't YOU personally help in this grand undertaking.
Won't card
agree 90 49, TO- subscribers by February
our Special Offer now, of s1C0 till February, 1883?
you can't solicit subscriptions 25 or
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Please drop card saying what do by February
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others to do likewise.
Now Friends for the Thousand Recuits If 6ght
and at em!" ~
THE SALOON MUST GO. .
Yours till it's gone
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Park Va
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26

OF seventy three impor tant
towns in Colorado, twelve are over
five thousand feet and ten over ten
thousa nd feet above sea level.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26
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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26
DEAR FRIEND OF THE CAUSE !:

The FREEMAN has passed its sixth anniversary and has entered upon
Through all these it has the gauntlet
under a fire from both hanks front and
Wherever the Temperance issue has been raised there it has
the fight and local State
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ty open its guns the FREEMAN.
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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26

|Ch1ef-Justice NOAH DA-
Wis says:
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markable energy and abili-
ty. Its statistical informa-
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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26

AXEL GUSTAFSON, au-
thor of "The Foundation
of DEATH" says:
"The Voice has become
the leading temperance
journal of the world. l feel
compelled to declare it the
ablest agitator of the drink
question ever published"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26
Are You Posted On The
temperance
Movement?

LYMAN ABBOTT, DID,, ed
itor of the Christian I'm
lon, says:
ut contains more infor-
nation and less theorizing
to the square inch than
any other temperance pa
per within our knowledge"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26

HOWARD CROSBY, DID,
LID, says:
~ have always admired
the talent and vigor with
which it Is conducted. /
always read The Voice and
find great profit in it,"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26

Pres. McCOSH, Princeton
College, says:
"The Voice utters no un
certain sound; it advocates
q cause second to none in
Importance"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-01-26

JOSEPH COOK says:
"ln courage, information,
timeliness, high principle,
and general effectiven ess,
The Voice appears to me to
be the best temperance
newspaper in the world"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-11
DISSATISFIED WITH THE COLLECTOR.

MIR. MAGONE BLAMED FOR THE MEN ABOUT HIM
NOT MUCH ALARM SHOWN ny THE OFFICIALS.
The alleged petition for the removal OF Collector
Magone does not to disturb that official much
does it appear receive any attention from his assoc
ates who denouncc it talk the part OF few
erumblers. This complacent view OF the situations
men and brokers who have dealings with the Custom
House and who not disposed TO find fault unneces
sarily. said of them yesterday in speaking about
the matter:
81 think that tho Collector has laid himself open TO
severe criticism by the way has managed the div
sion about which the storm has been raised refer to
the Liquiatng Department 1t is rue that he has Tried
10 improve by putting in CLERKS and IL Is also trie
that this section has had ercadea of extra work to do
But 1t is also fact that Collector Magone allowed man
remain at the head OF it, Mr. Jones' who is 10 more
qualified for the work than country lawyer.
II is Mr.. Joness ravorite remark that he left raising
hops In st Lawrence County raise hades here but his
energy seems TO have been msspplied.
Not only this Look AT the Chief clerk OF the
Lluidatng department. William H. Myles. who
County. That is all the training he had
FOR the work. yet he showed right into his present
place ana MIR. Masohe keeps him there, although he
Mr. Jones Personally these officials good fellows
but we business men don't about that The place
for Mr. Magonc to begin his reform Is al The head .
The TunOr that there were TO be wholesale removals or
OF OF them TO pass the recent yl Service ca
aminaons for promotion. was denied by some OF the
officials yesterday. They that the examiners believe
that while CLERK may not be qualified for higher posi-
o he be competent TO discharge the duties OF oLo
OF lower grade and they will act on this rule when men
are 10 nest and faithful.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-11
THE TIRGINIA CAMPIIGN

ANXIOUS DEMOCRATS AFRAID TO DISCUSS GENUINE
IssUEs-IEPCBIICANs AT WORK.
FARNvItIE Va. oct 9-As ia New-Yo the chief bat
tom Platt here Virginia the Democrats hope to
carry the state by shouting "Mahone' and Niger
Our people wan. about tho tariff and good gov
generally but the Democrats are not disposed
70 crafty them. The state debt remains IN middle.
the state itself IA constantly In the courts her czons
are suffering the focs of her rulers and Yet the
Democratic leaders TO think that all is well since
tho nephew OF his uncle IA Governor Snd was recently
appauied In a Philadelphia theatre But II the ndica-
tons OF tho present do not e the time IS not far distant
when even IN Virginia sentimental politics will give
place to the practical and when the dreamers will DO
driven 10 the rear.
The OF this fall is, thus far, devoid II excite
ment. OFerral. the "Gray Eagle - OF the valley. is
scleechng through the Southwest exJudse staples 1,
showing with him and givIng some sodity to the per
formanco Berne, OF The STATE is billed for evening
or two, cXParson Massey yainy trying TO please the
chest people" OF Virginia The Republicans quietly
1t work ono OF the most Significant straws Just now
floating The political surface In our state Is ssen IN the
very fact that IL Is hard in many places 10 get
tho Democratic candidates to stick" even after nomi
nation They sometimes give as reasons Tor declining
proiered honor that the good OF party demands
IT, ON ths contrary the good OF the individual person
urges Defeat looks Ihem full IN the face. and they
are simply and wisely lodging In time And this IS
about the only prudence that any Democrat in virginia
IL Just now guilty or.
colofod OF the Black Belt tho portion OF the
state known AZ south side Virginia. But the coored
brother IL standing very clOse 10 his nag aud IN most
Instances firmly resisting the temptations OF the adVer
sary people making ready for the greater srug-
ri % ISIS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-11
BROCEW4Y, THE FORGEE, ATLARGE

RELEASE OF A NOTED CRIMINAL FROM SING sING
SOME or HIS EXPLOITS
william D. Bf0ckWay, the forgcr, rclca ed from
Sing sing yesterday. lie was sentenced on March D,
1854, FIVE years IN the sta Prison for forgery IN
the second degree. The crime one OF the numcr
offences Of ike character, which have made him
the notorious criminal Of hi, ca,- In the country.
On November TO- 1-s3, rockway, together with Lcwl.
Il. Martin and Nathan Il. Foster. iudico Tor fors
ing a coupon bond Of the Morris aud Essex Railroad
Company ana morgl bond Of the Oregon and ali
foI;ia division Of the Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany.
The detection OF the crime wa brought about by in
formation received by Chief Andrew L. Drumin0nd, OF
the secret service division Of the Treasury Depart
mcii. from f. X. Krmme printer, who said that Il
answering the description of Brockway had LEFT
with him a pla g with figures and tho word e dollar
engraved on It. krmmcls printing Office In Unvor-
slty place watched by detectives and a proof OF
lhc die Ia the Possession Of BrOckwdy was OOanc IL
having been asccItaincd that IL not case OF iorg
ing Government securities, the matter was placed ia
the hands OF Inspector Byrncs who soon captured The
men and proofs Of their guilt Martin wa sentenced
twelve years, but the conviction So" a-ldc on
appeal. Foster after spending TWO years In the 1Umb-,
wac released without trial. Ia consequence Of the
decision on Martini appeal Ia 17sO BrOchway cOun-
tcriei ~ i2o4.OOO Of United states bonds. in l-GI
cOuntcrcited 100000 of Government bonds and has
been guilty OF many !csse1' offences
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-11
ores were publicly censured by tho president for "sal
Ing the freshmen at the entrance examinations last
CROWDS AT THE JEWELS WORN BY EUGENE

CROWDS AT THE JEWELS WORN BY EUGENE
THEIR VALUE.
The crowds that visited the china art the
second hoor OF r. II. Macy Co.'S store yesterday, in
fourteenthst were treated TO of the finest exhib
tons OF ewey that has been in America being
one OF the most elegant and costly diadems by the
Empress Eugene, which composed the larger
part OF the lot No. 81 the sale Of the crown
jewels by the French Government The diamonds aud
turquoses composing the dadem taken out OF the
Garde Meuble Royal by order Of the Comte de Prade
who was at the time Minlstre de la mason du Ro. He
brought them TO the eweller NJ Bapst, who had
the dladem set up and finished in 1920.
The dadem is about two inches high in front and
tapers to an inch high In the back turquoise about
the size Of robins egg occupies the centre 'front.' on
each side of which turquoses gradually decreasing
at regular intervals TO the size of pea in the rear
Around each Of the prominent palo blue stones are
strings of diamonds twisting around them while row of
diamonds. over foot in length forms the base
OF the diadem. Tho stones perfectly
matched. and there yellow flaws among
them. The dadem is placed upon velvet open case:
with large glass show over it, carefully locked and
sealed, while the whole Is placed upon platform aud
too close inspection
By the side OF the is framed receipt from the
French Government showing that 5O,loO francs were
paid for the dadem. This, with the duties consular
r. H. Macy 60. have paid for the treasure. The da-
dem Is posed of nnumorabe little hinges being open
In the back, the ends delicate clasps that 1t
he fitted to any head permanent case IS being
the Its future career has not as yet been de-
Clded upon,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-11
BITS OF LEGAL NEWS.

The hearing the application Of George II. Tlden,
nephew Samuel J. Tilden. for injunction restraining
the under will OF the latter from transferring
the property the Tdcn Trust Fund TO have
taken place before Justice DoEohue the Supreme Court
Chambers YESTERDAY but 1t ad ouined until January
The Postal Telegraph Company yesterday obtained from
Justice ponOhuo OF the Supreme Court injunction re-
Sherif collecting their share OF the
missoners placing tile telegraph wires under ground
Sheriff about 10 proceed nner execution placed
his by the Controller The company Insists that tho
claim unconstitutional Argument on motion 10 continue
will be heard by Justice oaohue Saturday.
The application OF Leroy b. Crane and others for man
ton XXI lid Assembly District Republican Associa
having the names claimed 10 nave
placed the rolls OF the association expunged.
has enied Donohue He dssolyes the
temporary injunction already granted
William n. Powers. an actor. has begun SUIT IN me SUI
n,unc restrain Daniel Mccarthy aud
others presenting the play chilled THE Ivy Leaf In
MS country. claiming that na plagiarism OIL MS drAnA
True Irish Hearts"
Jose Para the Havana lawyer. yesterday adj
tho supreme Court 10 be Incapable taxing care
property and bis wife Matnde was appointed
committee OF his person and estate.
who failed 10 appear for jury duty In tho
yesterday. arrested by the >herin ana
released payment OF the sheris fees amounting 10
50 20 ,,
convened yesterday aud Immediately adjourned Tor
the term.
Dennis Cullen tho lsttercarr who recently
4 criminal assault sentenced yesterday OV
Judge Glderslceve 10 ten years in the state Prison
Antonio Morcisuo. an Italian barber having shop IN
charge passing counterfeit money lie was held in $1,000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-11
NEW INTEREST IN THE CATHEDRAL.
RAISING MONt

RAISING MONEY TO BE TAKEN UP WITH INCREASED
vIGoR-PLANs OF THE ASYLUM PEOPLE.
The announcement In last Sundays TRIBUNE that site
for the proposed Protestant Episcopal Cathedral had &C
last been definitely fixed on, and that negotiations had
practically been completed for the purchase OF the Leake
aud Watts Orphan House property, at Northumberland
tenth-st, Mornngside Drive, One -hundred-andthir
teenthst. and Tenth-avo. has put good deal OF new
Interest into the big cathedral project The work OF col
lectins subscriptions will be pushed and tho actual
purchase othe site will DO made the executive
committee OF the Board of Cathedral Trustees get
together again.
Several members of the committee are now out or
town and no time OF meeting can be set until something
definite Is known about their movements George Nc
Cuoch Miller. the secretary OF the Board, IL in Alabama
and may not be home In weeks Cornell US
Vanderbilt has gone West with Chauncey NJ Depew. The
Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix Is suffering from a cold contracted
on his voyage homo from Europe and will not be about
for few days. Bishop Potter aud s. d. Babcock the
only members OF the Executive Committee that
hand TO do any work.
anxious for time get better building and to
give more children a chance to enter the asylum
Scarcely than 100 cared for though with
modern facilities aad economy OF room two or three times
that number Of orphans could ho taken, with little n
crease III running expenses. Tho lot ana building at
Onehnndrod cnthst. have boon exempt from taxa
Gently on the charge Of improvements 10 Morningsde
Drive and Park II the Orphan House IS moved 1t WIZ
either 20 north toward Washington Heights or over TO
inc north shore or Long Island. ..,, , 81,
some OF the trustees said to be strongly IN favor or
and better buildings can DO had there than on
Manhattan Island AT the same cost. The next regular
meeting OF the Icake AMI Watts trustees will DO held In
November II Is thought that by that time the sale or
the property he completed million dOllirs IS tbs
rough estimate of tho price asked now Tho actual price
at tho sale may DO anything between 100000 and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-11
PROPERTY OWNERS ALARMED.
oPPosrxG THE SINKING or THE HARLEM RAIL

OPPOSING THE SINKING OF THE HARLEM RAIL
ROAD TRACKS LESS THAN TEN FEET
Several hundred propcrt y-Owners Of tho Annexed
District present a the special meeting of the
Park Commissioners yc tcrday, TO oppose tho plan
for sinking tho tracks OF tie Harlem Railroad. The
plans provide for lowering the tracks nYc to seven
feet from tho Harlem Rive to within nile Of the
city line The work VIII cost about 81, 900, 900 and
tho railroad company has consented to do It at its
own expense. Frank LDOmis walter Katie and John
NJ. Touccy, representing tho road wcrc present at
tho meeting.
Richard d. Hamilton, representing propcTt y-own-
crs in the Twenty fourth Ward, presented strong
protest lie gave an estimate Of the cost Of sinking
tho tralk ton foet, placing It at S2,oOO,OOO. This,
he said would give satisfaction to the propcrty-own-
ers aud would do ltlo Injury TO property along the
line Of tho tracks. The plan Of the railroad COM
pany provides for nineteen crossings over tho track
many Of these at a grade so steep that IL would DO
difficult FOR horses to draw heavy load ovoi them
when there leo the gOtnd, There
arc 3, 900 lots facing tho tracks most of them owned
by mechanics and wOrkingmen. All these would be
badly injured lie gave an estimate OF the damage
10 one section ia fremont about $4,000.
There should be- he continued, n bridge at The IN
tcrsccOn Of every street and the bridge should be
OF the width OF The street II tho railroad company
would ony sink them feet, then, he urged tho
div should pay what additional cost might be In
curred by sinking them ten feet. Commissioner
Crimmlns sad that the Webster-avc. sewer, witch
below the grade Of tho tracks as proposed by The
Iompany's plan and that 1t would prevent the road
from being sunk lower. President Borden adjourned
lilo hearing Until october o.